Holder for memorandum pads and the like



Apr. '24, 1923 1,452,707

A. D. ROBINSON HOLDER FOR MEMORANDUM PADS AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 19, 1921 ATTORN EY Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

warren stares ARCHIE n. ROBINSON, or WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. I

HOLDER FOR MEMORANDUM PADS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed September 19, 1921. Serial m, 501,718.

position so that it may be readily written upon.

The invention has for an object to provide a holder of the type described having a base plate to support the pad, a spring clamping device along one side edge of such plate to frictionally hold the pad, and a tray along the opposite edge of the plate to receive a pencil, pen or the like.

In addition, the invention has for an object to provide stops on the base plate, which in cooperation with the clamping device prevent any substantial movement of the pad on its base plate. I

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a holder of the type described, a

member upstanding from the back edge of the base plate and arranged to receive a calendar or advertising matter which will thus tion - randum pad be displayed at the head of the pad.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder of the type described which ma be struck up'from sheet metal.

' (Ither objects and advantages will appear in the following description and in the illustrative embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a memoholder embodying the inven- Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; I Fig, 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevational view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the holder looking from the right hand side of the holder as viewed in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a rear elevational view of the holder.

Referring to these drawings; the holder, except for the spring clamping device, may be made up from a single piece of sheet metal properly stamped out and bent up into the form shown. The holder includes a flat portion '10 which is substantially coeX- tensive in area with the memorandum pad p to be used and which forms a base plate to support the pad. Alongone side of this base plate, the sheet of metal is bent to form a tray or trough 11 of curved cross-section; .as shown in Figs. 1 and and beyond this tray, the metal is bent downwardly at right angles'to plate 10 to" afford a side plate 12. The lower edge of the latter is inclined at an acute angle to its line of intersection with tray 11 and preferably is recessed intermediate its ends as shown-at 13. The sheet of metal at the opposite side edge of base "plate 10 is similarly bent and similarly cut to afford a corresponding side plate 1 1 (Fig. 3). Rearward extensions 15 and 16 provided on the side plates 13 and 14 are bent in their side plates and together form a back plate for the holder, these two plates being long enough to overlap, as indicated in Fig. 5, and being preferably secured together, as by soldering, brazing or the like. The connected plates 15 and 16 are also preferably recessed intermediate their ends to improve the appearance of the holder, leaving end portions of equal length and of the same length as the adjacent corner portions of the side plates 13 and 14.

The side plates 13 and 14 and the end portions of plates 15 and 16 might of themselves serve to support the base plate 10 in the derubber buttons 17 are provided. These also serve to increase the frictional engagement of the holder with the desk and prevent it from being as readily displaced as it would be otherwise. The buttons at the rear of the holder are fastened to lugs 18 struck out from the metal of the back plate and bent forwardly underneath the base plate 10,1eaving the openings 19 shown in Fig. 5. The

into substantially right angular form, as best shownin Fig. 4. The buttons 17 may be secured to their respective lugs in any suitable manner, but as shown, each has a small cen-' tral cylindrical projection 22 on its upper face which-projection is forced through an opening in its supporting lug 18 or 20. In

, of. the base plate 10.

addition cement is preferably applied to the upper face ofv each button, whereby each may be caused to adhere to its supporting lug. It isto be particularly noted that the buttons 17 and their supporting lugs are concealed in the space beneath the plate and between the plates 13, 1a, and '16.

A small strip 23 of metal is left on the sheet from which the holder is formed which strip projects,forwardly from the lower edge upwardly at right angles to the base plate forming a stop to limit the downward movement of pad 39 on base plate 10 and also C105. ing the lower end of tray 11 so as to hold pencils or like articles therein. The strip 23 I is originally notched out adjacent the tray however, extends upwardly above'base plate 10 by a distance substantially equal to the thickness of pad pand is then bent inwardly forn iing portion 11 so as to permit it to be bent up from the curved line of intersection with such portion without crinkling the metal, the separated portions being brought into abutment along the line 24.

The clan'iping device is preferably made up separately from spring metal andjconsists of a plate the lower portion of which is'siinilar in shape to side plate 14 and is secured in contiguous relation thereto, as by soldering, brazing or the like. The plate,

at right angles into a position wherein it partially overlies the base plate, thus providing a jaw 26 between which and plate 10, the pad 7) may be received. The plate serves as a stop to prevent substantial side displacement of pad 1) in one direction.

Such displacen'ient. of the pad in the opposite direction is prevented by two stops 27 which are struck up from base plate 10 and lie at right angles thereto and closely adjacent tray 11. These stops 27 are spaced from plate 25 by a distance substantially equal tov the width ofpad 79. To prevent upward displacement of the latter two stops 28 are struck up from plate 10 in a similar manner adjacent the upper edge thereof and are spaced from stop 23 by a distance substantially equal to the length of pad p.

In. addition a display member is provided at the head of pad p by upturning from the backv edge of base plate 10 an integral portion 29 of the sheet metal blank, which is ual calendar, may he slipped between the,

Such portion is bent with any sort of memorandum pad or other,

article whichis adaptable for the purpose, the holder is particularly suitable for those pads Will-ch have not only separable sheets but separable sections 8 on each sheet. Thus,

pad 79 as shown, consists of a series of sheets,

suitably bound togetheralongthatedge which is inserted under jaw 26 and each sheet has a line of perforations m, or is otherwise weakened along a line adjacent and parallel to the bound edge. Each sheet is also provided with a plurality of transverse lines of perforations 'n, or is otherwise weakened along suchlines, dividing it into sections .9 any one of which may be readily torn off when desired.

T he pad and holder are especially adapted for desk and are particularly useful during telephone conversations forjotting downmemoranda. For such use only one hand available and it is desirable that the holder should have suflicient weight or suf ncieut frictional contact with the desk to prevent it from being readily displaced T he rubber buttons 17 contribi'ite considerably to the attainment of this object. The stops 223, 25, 2'7 and 28 are likewiseimportant in that they prevent the pad 7) from shifting on the holder and particularly. at such times as one of these sectionss is torn from the pad. In tearing off one of these sections, the user may pull either up or down, as seems most convenient, to sever the section along thelinc m and to sever the section 8 along the line 72, he may pull either to. the right or left Thus, during the severing operation, forces may be applied in four directions which have a tendency to displace the pad, which tend ency is effectually resisted by the stops de The spring clamping device 26 might of itself be sufiicient for this purpose although it is preferred to provide the stops scribed.

so as to be conveniently accessible for instant use, when required. The calendar provided n con unction with the memorandum-pad holder is handy to refer to in fixing appoint ments and so forth. and the article asagwhole is very desirable one for the use described.

The invention has been disclosed herein, in an embodiment at present preferred, for

' illustrative purposes but the scope of the;

invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.

Claims 1; A holder for memorandum pads and the like, comprising a base member to support the pad, a portion of said member eX-.

tending beyond one edge of the pad and bent transversely to form a tray for the reception of pencils, pens and the like, means for supporting said base and tray in inclined position, a jaw provided along one edge of said base between which and the latter,

one edge of the memorandum pad may be inserted and frictionally held to the base member with all the upper surface of the padexcept that immediately adjacent said edge completely exposed, and a lip. bent upwardly from the lower edge of the base member to engage the lower edge of said pad and to close the lower end of said tray.

2. A holder forinemorandun'i pads and the'like, comprising a base member formed from sheet metal for supporting the pad,

integral portions turned downwardly from the side edges of the base member, said portions being wider at their rear than at their forward extremities, means carried by said portions and by said base member for supporting the latter in an inclined positi on, a plate substantially equal in length to one of said portions secured to the latter, said plate projecting above the base member, and a jaw bent inwardly from said plate and extending throughout the length of the latter, said jaw and the adjacent portion ofthe base member forming opposite sides of a channel into which one edge of the pad may be inserted and within which the pad may be frictionally held.

3. A holder for memorandum pads and the like, comprising, a base member to supv port the pad, and formed from sheet metal, portions turned downwardly from the base member to form supporting legs adjacent the back thereof, lugs struck out from said legs and bent inwardly beneath said member,

other lugs struck out ofthe base member near its front edge and bent downwardly therefrom, buttons of rubber or the like secured to said lugs, a plate provided along one side edge of the base member, and a jaw bent inwardly from said plate to partially overlie the base member, the latter and said jaw adapted to receive between them the memorandum pad.

4. A holder for memorandum pads and the like, comprising a'base member to support the pad and formed from sheet metal,

portions turned downwardly from the base member to form supportinglegs adjacent the back thereof, lugs struck out from said member and upstanding from the back edge thereof for display purposes.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

ARCHIE, D. ROBINSON. 

